History and overview

Ground broke in 1964 for the construction of Harwood High School. Situated in South Duxbury, the school was built on a 20-acre (81,000m2) plot of land and cost approximately $1.6 million to build. Construction was completed in early 1966 and the doors opened for the 1966-1967 school year. Harwood is named after Dr. Charles Harwood, a local physician who served at the births of a large number of the schools original students. Harwood is a union high school, meaning it serves multiple towns. These towns are Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston, Moretown, Duxbury Waterbury and Waterbury Center for the High School and Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston and Moretown for the middle school. In 1997, Harwood underwent a $7.2 million renovation in order to modernize its facilities as well as add a dedicated Middle School wing of the school. These renovations included a new exterior design featuring a curved front roof meant to look like a turning page. Notably, Harwood began a compost program for its student in the school year of 2011-2012 to help the environment.

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,369 students and 188.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 557 students (23.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 233 (9.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Union High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan)

Union High School is one of the five high schools in Grand Rapids Public School district. Union has a student population of around 1,200 students for the 2010/2011 school year. The former principal was Justin Jennings, along with assistant principals Aida Toledo and Belinda Jimenez. Union offers a wide range of opportunities for students the Grand Rapids area, it is the Art Hub for all art classes in the district and is the home of the School of Construction and Design.

Union is a very diverse school. Within the school there are students from many cultural backgrounds, it is common to hear multiple languages be spoken throughout the building, by both staff and students. Union's mascot is the Red Hawk and the school has a strong athletics program, a strong ROTC program, offers a wide range of after school opportunities and has a diverse collection of elective courses.

Union High School welcomed Principal Karl Nelson, along with assistant principals Belinda Jimenez, Aarron Roussey, and Jessica Maat for the 2012/2013 school year.

Plot

High school valedictorian-to-be Henry Burke (Matt Bush) takes his first hit of pot with his ex-best friend Travis (Sean Marquette), only to learn that, due to a spelling bee champion's recent use of marijuana, their high school is conducting a drug test where anyone caught under the influence of anything will be expelled. Travis knows of a psychotic drug dealer, known as Psycho Ed (Adrien Brody), who carries an exclusive kind of pot called "kief", and the two boys steal the stash and intend on getting the whole school high, to invalidate the drug test and save Henry's future. But Psycho Ed is right on their trail and so is Dr. Gordon, the school dean.

Cast

Matt Bush as Henry Burke, Morgan High School's top student who has a bright future ahead of him.

The film was released in October 1968 by Wiseman's distribution company, Zipporah Films. High School has been aired on PBS Television. Wiseman distributes his work (DVDs and 16mm prints) through Zipporah Films, which rents them to high schools, colleges, and libraries on a five-year long-term lease. High School was selected in 1991 for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Wiseman made a second documentary on high school, High School II, based on Central Park East Secondary School in New York City, released in 1994.

High School

Bubble gum and house partiesWhen you stole your parents rumAnd tried to screw everything that could breatheBack in high school we didn't have a whole lot to doWe watched the world go by on the television screenSaid it's the 90's kids that's way out this is way inGo beat each other up on the dance floorTold us drugs were no goodBut then we smoked 'em and liked 'emSo much that we smoked a little moreWe liked 'em so much, we smoked a little moreDid I call your name?Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you?You're so the same but your so differentI didn't recognize youIt's kinda hard with all that sexual confusionSometimes you don't know if you're gay or straightBut what's the difference, it's a wonderful illusionMost times you won't make it past second baseI'm in a band, we kinda suck but we don't now it yetAnd I don't care anyway'Cuz soon, I'm gonna sell these drums, pay my rentSupport my kid and tell him all about way back in daddy's dayI'll tell him all about way back in daddy's dayDid I call your name?Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you?You're so the same but your so differentI didn't recognize youSome years later by a soda cooleratorIn a corner store back in my home townThis stranger smiles at me, said"Remember the class of '93?"And for some reason it makes him look real proudAfter all the good times he said we hadHe looks at me, scratches his headAnd asked me where the hell I ever wentAnd the funny thing is that I never even knew himBut he coulda been any one of my high school friendsDid I call your name?Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you?Your so the same but your so differentI didn't recognize youDid I call you name?Singin' that song that I wrote for youSingin' that song I wrote for you

History and overview

Ground broke in 1964 for the construction of Harwood High School. Situated in South Duxbury, the school was built on a 20-acre (81,000m2) plot of land and cost approximately $1.6 million to build. Construction was completed in early 1966 and the doors opened for the 1966-1967 school year. Harwood is named after Dr. Charles Harwood, a local physician who served at the births of a large number of the schools original students. Harwood is a union high school, meaning it serves multiple towns. These towns are Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston, Moretown, Duxbury Waterbury and Waterbury Center for the High School and Waitsfield, Warren, Fayston and Moretown for the middle school. In 1997, Harwood underwent a $7.2 million renovation in order to modernize its facilities as well as add a dedicated Middle School wing of the school. These renovations included a new exterior design featuring a curved front roof meant to look like a turning page. Notably, Harwood began a compost program for its student in the school year of 2011-2012 to help the environment.

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